When Yukina finally confronted Diego about getting the card back, something underneath was awakened. She soon found herself faced with a mysterious young man that was able to identify as Raika. From how they stared down at each other, there was clearly some history between the two of them.
"Raika... I knew it had to be you." Yukina said. She clearly finds great disdain for him. As for Raika, he took out what she was looking for. He held the card right in front of her and she was surprised to see it.
"Is this what you're looking for, Yukina?" Raika said.
"Give me that card!" Yukina demanded.
"You know there's only one way for you to get this card from me." Raika said as he was daring her to come after him. Yukina wasn't going to let the likes of him getaway. That's why she ran up to the roof of the building and readied herself to face him. "I will admit... After using this card that one other time, my body had trouble handling the power, but that's not going to a problem this time."
"You're right because I'm the one taking you down." Yukina said as she stood facing them and was ready to start dueling. Raika took her challenge as he got his duel disk ready and they were about to face each other.
"Let's duel!" Both of them said as they started this duel and had 4000LP.
"I'll make the first move!" Yukina said as she was going first. "I'll start this duel by summoning out Wild Ally Alligator to the field!" She said as a blue/grey alligator came out and had 1700atk points. "When my alligator is normal summoned to the field, I can summon his cousin from my hand or deck to join! Come on out, Wild Ally Crocodile!" She said as a green/yellow crocodile came up with 1600atk points. "With that, I place one face-down to end my turn." 'I should be okay with this. My trap card is Wild Alliance. Since I have two Wild Allies on the field, I'll be able to block one attack every turn.' She thought. The duel was only started, but Raika was smirking like he already won. That was right when Cray came running out and saw the duel going on.
"What's going on now?" Cray questioned.
"Cray!" Felix called as he and the others showed up themselves and saw what was going on. "Is Yukina dueling?"
"Who is she dueling?" Cindy questioned.
"That man happens to be Raika." All of them spotted Diego as he was watching himself. "He's the one who holds Life Destroyer."
"Life Destroyer?! You mean he has the card?!" Kent questioned as they all looked up to him. That means they might get the chance to see what this card is like and how dangerous it can be.
"My turn!" Raika called as he drew his first card. "I'll start by summoning out Malice Beast to the field!" He summoned out a wolf-like beast that was radiating with darkness and it had 1500atk points. "Just by summoning my beast, his special ability activates and allows me to destroy one spell or trap card on the field! So much for your face-down!" His beast howled and destroyed Yukina's trap card.
"Just summoning it destroyed a card?" Cindy said.
"It's all fine. Both of her monsters are stronger than his." Kent said.
"You should know better than to call it early." Diego taunted.
"I now activate Doom Gaze!" Raika said as he played a spell. "Since I have a dark attribute monster on the field, all your monsters lose 500atk points!" He said as both of her monsters lose power with it dropping to 1100 and 1200. "There's more! I activate the equip spell card Evil's Enjoyment! This spell allows my monster to attack twice!" That wasn't good for Yukina. "Go and feast on her monsters, my beast!" His beast leaped right at both of her monsters, tearing them apart with its fangs and claws. Both of them were destroyed and caused Yukina's life points to drop down all the way to 3300. "I'll place one card facedown and end my turn."
"That was nifty move." Cray said. "He saw that Yukina was playing more on defense than offense despite having two strong monsters on the field."
"Not only did he destroy her defense, but he was able to destroy both of her monsters with one monster." Felix said. "This guy has some skill, and the worst part is that he's just getting started."
"My turn!" Yukina said as she drew her next card. "I'll start by summoning Wild Ally Rhino to the field!" She summoned out her rhino as it came out with 1400atk points.
"Ooh... A hippo with a giant nose pimple. I'm so scared." Raika mocked. "Do you really think you can defeat me with moves like that?"
"Just you wait, Raika. I'm only getting started myself." Yukina said. "I activate Charitable Reward! I pay 800LP and that allows me to draw two more cards!" Yukina's life points dropped down to 2500, but she was able to draw two more cards.
"You just gave away your own life points? Not really a smart move when you're already down so much." Raika said.
"It will be worth it." Yukina said. "Since I have a Wild Ally on the field, I can summon Wild Ally Bison!" She said as she summoned a bison to the field with it having 1500atk points. "And thanks to his special ability, I can switch your beast into defense mode!" Her bison breathed out steam from its nose and it caused Raika's beast to switch modes with it having 200def points. "And my rhino's ability allows my Wild Allis to deal damage even while your monster is in defense mode! Bison, charge in and destroy his wolf!" Her bison charged right in to crush his monster.
"I activate Fiend's Oppression!" Raika said. "Not only does this block one monster's ability, but my monsters can't be destroyed this turn!" He said as a dark power over came Yukina's rhino and the attack was blocked. That meant he took no damage. Yukina hated she couldn't make a move anymore, but that has to be it.
"I end my turn." Yukina said.
"Yukina isn't doing so well." Kent said.
"It's like he knows what she's going to do." Cindy said.
"Whoever this Raika is, he's got some real skill." Felix said.
"You all haven't seen anything yet." Diego said. "Just wait until he brings out Life Destroyer." None of them liked the sound of that.
"My turn!" Raika said as he drew his next card. "I'll tribute my Malice Beast to summon Malice Fiend!" He removed his beast to summon out a man wearing leather bondage and pants with claws and wings. He also had 2600atk points.
"Hold on! That's a level seven monster! How can you summon that with just one tribute?!" Yukina said.
"That's easy. I can tribute just one Malice monster to summon it." Raika explained. "Bad for you, but good for me! Malice Fiend, attack her rhino! Tear it to shreds!" His fiend went on the attack as it flew straight at Yukina's rhino and completely destroyed it with Yukina's life points dropping even more to 1300.
"No! She's lost more than half of her life points!" Yukina said.
"And she hasn't inflicted any damage!" Kent said. "How is she going to beat the likes of this guy?" It's not looking good for Yukina on this.
"Malice Fiend has another ability. After it destroys a monster, I get to draw one card!" Raika said as he drew another card. "Ooh, this one will help me. I activate Tribute to the Doom! Once I discard a card to destroy one monster!" He said as he discarded a card, a series of bandages came around Yukina's bison and destroyed it. "With that, I place one card facedown and that ends my turn. Oh, and don't bother summoning a monster in defense mode. Just like your rhino, my Malice Fiend can inflict damage." Yukina finds herself in a real bind and isn't sure how she's going to get out of this one. "I'm not surprised things are like this. After all, look at what became of your father."
"What?" Yukina said as that sounded like a sore subject.
"He tried using the same dumb deck you're using and look what happened to him." Raika taunted with Yukina getting angry.
"Listen here, you... Don't talk about my father!" Yukina said.
"Her father? Did... Did something happen to her father?" Felix questioned as he didn't like this.
"You are going to pay for what you did! It's my turn!" Yukina said as she drew her next card. It was her phoenix, but she needed to get it out. "I'll start by summoning Wild Ally Giraffe to the field!" She said as she summoned out her Giraffe with it having 900atk points. "It's special ability now activates! I can revive one Wild Ally from my graveyard, so I'm bringing back my bison!" She said as her giraffe brought back her bison. "Now I activate my bison's ability to switch your monster to defense mode!" She used her bison's power with it switching Malice Fiend into defense mode with it having 2000def points.
"Pretty good, but neither of her monsters are strong enough to beat that thing." Kent said.
"She better think of something fast or else she's in real trouble now." Felix said.
"I activate Wild Meeting! This allows me to summon another Wild Ally to the field!" Yukina said. "That means that I am free to tribute both my giraffe and bison to summon my Wild Ally Phoenix!" She did just that as both of her monsters vanished and her phoenix flew out on the field.
"Ooh... A sparkling chicken... Now I'm really shaking in my boots." Raika taunted.
"Let's see if you're still laughing after my phoenix destroys your Malice Fiend!" Yukina said. She had her phoenix attacked his fiend and dived down against in a blaze of power with it being completely destroyed.
"Yeah, Yukina!" Cindy called.
"That creep has got no cards in his hand now. He won't be able to beat her phoenix now." Kent said as they thought things were starting to look bright, but Felix and Cray didn't think so.
"I wouldn't be so sure about that." Felix said.
"Yeah. I got a bad feeling about this." Cray said. They were right to be afraid as they could hear Raika chuckling. All of them waited for the smoke to clear and saw there were two giant blue flames on the field with 2000def points.
"What is that?! Where did those things come from?!" Yukina questioned.
"They're malice wisp tokens." Raika claimed. "When you attacked me earlier, I was able to activate my trap: Malice Spirits. When you destroyed a Malice monster, this trap gives me these two tokens." He pulled another move that countered hers. Raika had complete control over the pace of this duel and there wasn't much Yukina could really do about it.
"I end my turn." Yukina claimed.
"I've never seen Yukina fall so far behind in a duel before." Cindy said as she was starting to get worried.
"And I think the worst is yet to come." Felix said.
"My turn!" Raika said as he drew his next card and they could see a dark power radiating from the card. That had to be one card. "It's time... I tribute both of my tokens to summon the embodiment and pinnacle of destruction! I summon Malicious Fiend: Life Destroyer!" Both of his flames disappeared and a dark power erupted from the ground and shot straight into the sky. Yukina began to fear what was coming. The only other one who took delight in this was Diego himself. Soon, they saw the great monster itself. It was a giant in dark purple armor with a skull-like face with two tails coming out of the head. It also carried a double-sided spear with both blades enormous and arrow-shaped. This monster also had dark power surrounding it. To make matters worse, it had a total of 3000atk points.
"That's it? That's the Malicious Fiend?" Cray said.
"Whatever you call it, it's certainly scary." Cindy said as she was scared looking at it. Even Yukina was scared as she was faced with such a monster.
"You haven't seen anything just yet. Do it, Raika! Show them the terrifying power of Life Destroyer and unleash all of it's power on Yukina!" Diego called.
"I know! I was just about to do that! Go, Life Destroyer!" Raika called. Life Destroyer reached out for her phoenix and grabbed a hold of it. Her phoenix struggled to get out of its hold, but the monster was too strong. It was then that energy started to drain out of her phoenix and into monster.
"What's happening?!" Yukina said.
"This is why it is called Life Destroyer!" Diego called. "Life Destroyer's ability can drain away a monster's power! All of your monster's special abilities are negated...as well as steal half of your monster's attack power!" He said as the light of Yukina's phoenix was fading away. "It is as if it can drain the very life out of it's prey! It can drain the energy out of the duelist as well!"
"I'll just use my phoenix's ability! By tributing it, I can negate your card's effect and destroy it!" Yukina called.
"No you can't because it can't be stopped!" Raika called. Yukina didn't know that. Nothing could really stop it. It was like the life was being drained out of her phoenix as it became dull and limp. Her phoenix looked like it was devoid of any life. It certainly didn't help that Life Destroyer's power also increased to 4250.
"That's unbelievable!" Felix said as they all couldn't believe what they saw. "It can steal half of a monster's attack points and have their abilities negated? How do you stop that thing?"
"You can't, and it's all over now!" Raika said as there was really nothing Yukina could do to stop him. "Who could have predicted this would end like this? Oh wait! I did! Life Destroyer, end this!" Life Destroyer took her phoenix and threw it up to the air as they all watched in horror. "Go, Conquering Dark Demise!" Life destroyer twirled its spear around and was gathering power. When the phoenix came down, it thrusted its spear forward and smashed it against her phoenix with a powerful explosion going off. The shockwaves from the explosion blew Yukina away with all of her life points dropping to zero. She wasn't the only one. Her friends felt the force of it as well and tried to resist it. When it settled, all of them looked and couldn't believe what just happened.
"What was that?! The damage from that attack looked real! Too real!" Felix said.
"That's because it was!" Diego said. "That is another reason why Life Destroyer is a dangerous and forbidden card! The damage produced by that monster is real!" None of them could believe it. A card that can actually generate real damage? What was more surprising was that Yukina lost. She tried getting back up, but she couldn't believe it.
"I... I lost... I couldn't stop that thing..." Yukina said in disbelief. All the training and traveling she did was suppose to help her beat that thing and it was all for nothing. As for Raika, he wasn't quite satisfied as he stared down at the card.
"I should have been able to take more of Yukina's energy." Raika said. "She shouldn't be able to get back up. I guess some of Life Destroyer's power still needs to be awakened." There's more Life Destroyer can do when the power it just demonstrated was bad enough? It goes to show how dangerous that one card really is. "Oh well? You still lost, Yukina. I wonder what your father would think if he saw his failure of a daughter. Hahahah!" Taking the win, Raika walked away with the card and Diego going with him. Yukina set out to get that card back, but she didn't expect it to be so terrifying. Now she doesn't know what she's going to do. She failed...
